Category: Atlanticville News
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City approves tax break for Seaview Manor
Allows LBHA to level tax payments over course of 20 years BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — The City Council authorized a tax exemption program with the Long Branch Housing Authority (LBHA) for the new Seaview Manor affordable housing project last week. The ordinance for the financial agreement was…
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Above, Daisy Hoagland pauses in front of her home on Ocean Terrace in Long Branch, which is slated to be razed for redevelopment. Below, supporters take part in a walk along the oceanfront to protest what members of the MTOTSA alliance say is an abuse of eminent domain. PHOTOSBYMIGUELJUAREZ staff
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Friday night live music ban still on at Redheads
Council renews liquor license but continues ban on entertainment BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN — Revelers at Redheads Bistro can still drink, but not dance or even listen to live music on Friday nights, at least not until after the New Year, under the terms attached to the Hope Road…
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Rumored saleof country club worries residents
Speculation about future of club founded in 1895 BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer A rumor that the Deal Golf and Country Club might be sold is making people in Ocean Township nervous. Some envision more than 100 “McMansions” on 1-acre lots instead of 117 acres of rolling green lawns and manicured…
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Mayor: No reason to remove Zambrano portrait
Some residents want ex-mayor BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — A few borough residents say they don’t want to see former Mayor Paul Zambrano hanging out at borough hall. Actually, it is a portrait of the ex-official, who recently admitted in a federal court that he accepted $15,000…
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MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Monmouth University student Mike Malinowski, of Colts Neck, polishes the wooden pews at St. James Episcopal Church in Long Branch during the university’s annual Community Service Day on Saturday. The event was sponsored by the campus Student Government Association.
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In the Arts
“Shadows of Shadow Lawn,” an hourlong documentary on the alleged haunting of Monmouth University in West Long Branch, will debut on Thursday, Oct. 13, at 8 p.m. in Wilson Auditorium. The free screening is open to the public and will be followed by a question-and-answer session. Produced by Monmouth University graduate student Tom Hanley and…
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Business owners dig in
Group hires attny. to fight loss of properties to eminent domain BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Business owners in one of the city of Long Branch’s redevelopment zones are taking steps to prevent loss of their properties through eminent domain. “We are not going to wait around for our properties to…
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Arts group raises funds to purchase building
The Arts Coalition of Asbury Park (ArtsCap) is raising funds to purchase the historic Kinmonth Building at 710 Mattison Ave. The circa-1911 building houses the Savoy Theatre. ArtsCap hopes to restore the theater and use the building as a community center with office space, a senior center, film center, artists studios, rehearsal space, children’s art…
